[13557] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MCI Accepts Worldcom's Bid?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wayne Bouchard)
Mon Nov 10 19:07:03 1997
From: Wayne Bouchard <web@typo.org>
To: madison@acsi.net (Eric D. Madison)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:57:27 -0700 (MST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.971110174307.13355B-100000@roofdog.acsi.net> from "Eric D. Madison" at Nov 10, 97 05:46:13 pm
> With this merger, approximately 80% of the Internet will now be controlled
> by Wcom or it's companys.. wondering when an anti-trust suit will be
> filed..
>
> Eric
Anti trust? You gotta be kidding. Its not quite that level just
yet. Afterall, there is still AT&T, Sprint, BBN/GTE, AGIS, DIGEX, and
many others. Not to mention those outside the "big name list". Its not
even close to anti trust. If the business practices become
anti-competitive, perhaps. But for the deal itself, I think anti-trust
is overstating things.
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